Mathematics and Statistics

About this course

Mathematics and Statistics is a pairing that captures two of the most powerful intellectual tools available for understanding the world. Pure and applied mathematics provide frameworks for describing structure, quantity and change with extraordinary precision, while statistics equips you to draw reliable conclusions from data, account for uncertainty and communicate findings in ways that can guide decisions. Together they underpin modern science, economics, medicine, technology and public policy, making graduates highly versatile across a wide range of professional contexts. At the University of Sheffield this four-year full-time degree gives you a thorough grounding in both disciplines, developing your ability to reason abstractly, handle complex quantitative problems and apply statistical methods to real data. You will study a range of core mathematical topics alongside probability, s

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 65% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 72 / 100Information Technology Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 15% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 15% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 20% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 10% of graduatescards →

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